How did a kremlin, a fortified monastery or a wooden church in Russia become part of the heritage of the entire world? Corinne Geering traces the development of international cooperation in conservation since the 1960s, highlighting the role of experts and sites from the Soviet Union and later the Russian Federation in UNESCO and ICOMOS. Despite the ideological divide, the notion of world heritage gained momentum in the decades following World War II. Divergent interests at the local, national and international levels had to be negotiated when shaping the Soviet and Russian cultural heritage displayed to the world. The socialist discourse of world heritage was re-evaluated during perestroika and re-integrated as UNESCO World Heritage in a new state and international order in the 1990s.

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Building a Common Past
World Heritage in Russia under Transformation, 1965–2000
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Body
- A Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Many Approaches to One Common Past: International Cultural Cooperation and Divergent World Heritages, 1945–1988
- 3. From Monument (pamiatnik) to Heritage (nasledie): Soviet Discourses on Cultural Heritage
- 4. International Heritage Initiatives and Institutions in the Soviet Union
- 5. Perestroika and the Transformation of World Heritage
- 6. Re-Internalisation of World Heritage
- 7. Conclusion
- List of Archival Collections, Libraries and Other Institutions
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Annex A. List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Russian Federation
- Annex B. Map of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Russian Federation, Inscribed 1990–2000
- Annex C. Organisation of the Soviet Union's Administrative Structure
- Annex D. List of Cited International Conventions, Charters and Resolutions
- Annex E. List of Cited Legal Documents Enacted by the USSR, RSFSR and RF
- Index
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